Israel bombs UN school and civilian shelter, kills 15 and injures 200

Israel has just bombed a UN school, resulting in the deaths of 15 people and the injuries of 200 others.

As many would know, the UN schools double as civilian shelters in times of crisis, and indeed, this school was being used as such a shelter.

The School had been in contact with the IDF the entire day, and even sent out their exact GPS coordinates. In response? They get bombed.

I am sick of it. There is only so much Israel should be able to get away with. Bombing hospitals, mosques, schools and civilians shelters are not on.
I don't give a damn if there are militants or rockets located within the sites, don't go bombing these places where civilians are concentrated in such
high numbers. These are war crimes!

At least 15 people have been reported killed and 200 injured in the Israeli shelling of a UN school in northern Gaza that was being used as an
emergency shelter.

Al Jazeera's correspondent Nicole Johnston, reporting from Gaza, said the school in Beit Hanoun came under fire on Thursday. She said sources had told
Al Jazeera that up to 30 people had been killed in the bombardment.

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Robert Turner, the director for UNRWA, the UN's humanitarian organisation in Gaza, said there was no warning from the
Israelis before the shells landed. He confirmed there were casualties.

He said the UNRWA were in contact with Israeli forces about a window to evacuate the school before the attack happened

"This is a designated emergency shelter," he said. "The location was conveyed to the Israelis.

Yep, it's a war crime, and well documented.
We can only hope those responsible will be prosecuted.
Had it been some other state instead of Israel, some 'preemptive' bombing would've already been started. Sadly.

originally posted by: ManBehindTheMask
a reply to: daaskapital
This is deplorable. Indeed and there really are no excuses. But I do have one question

They site this

"He said the UNRWA were in contact with Israeli forces about a window to evacuate the school before the attack happened "

So did Isreal notify them that they were going to bomb the place and to evacuate? And they refused to do so?

Is it possible they knew Hamas fighters or equipment were there and asked them to evacuate ?

Either way I agree they should not have bombed the target

It seems as if there was no warning:

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Robert Turner, the director for UNRWA, the UN's humanitarian organisation in Gaza, said there was no warning
from the Israelis before the shells landed. He confirmed there were casualties.

From the same article.

Also, from what i gathered in watching a report of it on Al Jazeera TV, the party at the school requested Israel to allow them a window of opportunity
to evacuate, but were ignored. They were forced to remain at the school as a result, where they were bombed.

People at and involved with the site state the following:

Turner said he had no information that there was military activity around the school.

"This was an installation we were managing, that monitored [to ensure] that our neutrality was maintained.

"We always call on all parties to ensure that civilians are not harmed."

A witness who arrived at the Kamal Adwan hospital after the attack told Al Jazeera: "We were sitting in the school, because we were told it is
safe.

"By God, there was not a single fighter, not a single shot was fired from the school. Why did they shoot at the school? Why? Can someone explain that
to me? Why would they shell the school?"

Israel gets slammed by the media, orders no Israeli media persons to report on Gaza then fires shots on Al Jazeera building.
Israel gets slammed in the UN. Israel bombs A UN refugee point which the UN gave them the GPS coordinates for killing more innocent people.
Looks like someone is getting upset when the playing field is being leveled

My guess is this has something to do with the fact that the UN is hiding missiles at these schools as well. I don't think it was targeted to kill
civilians. This sounds more like a case of the UN deciding to use the civilian casualties for bad media. If they had missiles at one school, chances
are they have them at others.

UNRWA, the UN agency charged with overseeing humanitarian efforts in Gaza, said it immediately “informed the relevant parties and is
pursuing all possible measures for the removal of the objects in order to preserve the safety and security of the school.” The organization again
pledged to launch a “comprehensive investigation into the circumstances surrounding this incident.”

Israeli officials reacted furiously to the discovery. “How many more schools will have to be abused by Hamas missile squads before the international
community will intervene,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Yigal Palmor told The Times of Israel. “How many times can it turn its head the other way
and pretend that it just doesn’t see?”

So you think the UN didn't actually know there were 20 rockets being housed at this school or that a second school had rockets as well? Kinda hard to
overlook something like that I would think.

Would this be the same school UN run school that Hamas Rockets where store in (reported in the news last week)?

Look they death toll of Non Combatants is never a good thing. However Hamas like to use human shields and will tell its people its OK to enter an area
even if the Israelis have announced they are going to bomb it.

And the question has to be asked was Hamas firing rockets or conducting any Military related Activity in and around the School? If so its a legit
target.

originally posted by: PLAYERONE01
Israel knew this was a UN refugee point, they were given the GPS coordinates and were in communications with the UN workers on the day and bombed it
anyway

They also knew it housed Hamas missiles. Neither side is right on this issue but I would condemn the UN for allowing the missiles to be housed in
schools. To believe that they had no idea these missiles were being kept at these schools is ridiculous. Are there no actual UN officials at them to
make sure things like this don't happen, or is the UN working with Hamas to allow them to do just that?

It has been reported that the UN handed the missiles over to Hamas controlled police forces as well. I would put a lot of the blame for this on the
UN too. Israel should not have fired on a school and the UN should not have allowed missiles to be stored there.

originally posted by: beezzer
Is it a war crime to hide/shelter missiles in schools, hospitals, mosques?

Yes, but there is no evidence suggesting that this school was in possession of missiles. Further yet, the IDF failed to provide a response when the UN
called for an evacuation of the school. The point still stands that Israel bombed a civilian shelter of which witnesses stated had no fighters or
military equipment.

I deplore the act of storing missiles in public areas, but i further deplore the act of causing the mass deaths of civilians in the bombings of
crowded areas, all due to the fact that a site may or may not have bombs in it.

Honestly the thing I keep thinking of is the NIV translation of Zechariah 12:2 I read the other day. “I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that
sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. " To me 'reeling' is a perfect description of the reaction
being evoked by Israel's current actions.

If this is apropos to the current situation it results in the dire warning found in Zechariah 12:3 "On that day, when all the nations of the earth
are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves."

It could in fact lead to destruction of Gaza and Ashkelon mentioned in Zephaniah which perhaps could lead to a temporary lull in hostilities for the
peaceful period before the Invasion and war of Ezekiel 38 & 39.

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